Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Stylish and compelling. When you see this, there’s that brief moment - just a nanosecond - when the U and the J read as pure, abstract geometry, then a nanosecond later read as the letterforms they are. I could comfortably live in that first nanosecond for a few weeks at least.

Sh*tty

Here’s a reader contribution that I’ve been holding onto for months, just waiting for the right counterpart to appear. It’s a real shame I had to wait so long to show it too, because wow, is it awful. I’ve seen a lot of bad ligatures in my time, but this is among the most stupid ever made. Also, that typeface is criminal.

Any guesses what a Celebritu is? Leave a comment. The most entertaining definition gets a prize.

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Celebritu: a public relations or advertising method designed to make the subject believe that by purchasing goods of a certain type they will attain qualities of celebrity status in terms of exposure, appearance, or attitude.